Oubliette - (noun, french) a little place of forgetting. A small, windowless room where someone is locked away, forgotten, left to go mad.

This is my personal place to rant and rave like the lunatic I am, my oubliette. It's dark, quiet, and I come here to forget about things. Or maybe to remember them. After all, where does insanity end, and insight begin?

Saturday, March 26, 2005

this isn't good...

Whenever the National Weather Service is calling something a "significant severe weather event" is never a good thing. The following is in all caps because it is a NWS statement.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLEACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...LIKELY BEGINNING TOWARD MORNING ANDCONTINUING INTO THE DAY ON EASTER SUNDAY.

THE STORMS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WARM FRONT...WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTEREDSUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ANISOLATED TORNADO WILL INITIALLY BE THE PRIMARY THREATS TOWARDSUNRISE. AFTER 6 AM...THE TORNADO THREAT ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA ANDINTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL INCREASE WITH THE STORMS. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAYMORNING. SO ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING IS NOT A LARGE CONCERN...SOMEMINOR FLOODING COULD OCCUR.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE THREAT OF TORNADOES FROM EARLYEASTER SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. AS STRONG LOWPRESSURE MOVES FROM LOUISIANA INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AN UNSTABLEAIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS STRONG HEATINGOCCURS BY LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...THIS AIRMASS WILLBECOME PRIME FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA.AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON...ANOTHERROUND OF SEVERE STORMS IS POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGEHAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHERSHOULD DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONTSWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IT WOULD BE WISETO REVIEW TORNADO SAFETY GUIDELINES NOW...AND BE READY TO IMPLEMENTACTION SHOULD A WATCH OR WARNING BE ISSUED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUEFOR THOSE WITH ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES...WHETHER INDOORS OR OUT.

Keeping in mind the NWS usually tries not to over-hype stuff, so they can't be accused of "crying wolf", this is gonna suck. Or be really cool, depending on how you look at it.

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